Archive for July 7th, 2011

The first certified gold record album was presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).The award went to the original soundtrack album of the 1955 Academy Award winning film Oklahoma! The soundtrack charted #1 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1956 and went “multi-platinum” in 1992.

“Poor Little Fool” holds the distinction of being the first number-one song on Billboard magazine’s then newly-created Hot-100 chart, replacing the magazine’s Jockeys and Top 100 charts. It spent two weeks at the number-one spot. The record also reached the top ten on the Billboard Country and Rhythm and Blues charts.

Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles’ drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Yellow Submarine”, and The Beatles version of " Act Naturally”. Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.